Attachment for printing-presses.



0. & H. TAXTER, ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING PRESSES. APPLIOATION FILED JULY25, 1907.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

CLAUDE TAXTER AND HOLMES TAXTER, OF NORTH TARRYTOWN, NEW

YORK. ATTACHMEN T FOR PRIN TIN G-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 25, 1907. SerialNo. 385,494.

I marginal notes are to be printed thereby making it impossible to holdthe margins of No. 930,632. Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that we, CLAUDE TAXTER and HOLMES TAXTER, both citizens ofthe United the lea by means of the grippers. The grip States, residingat North Tarrytown, in the 1 per also carries a sheet placer formed of a5 county of l/Vestchester and State of New bar E also of spring steeland the free end ork, have invented a new and useful Importion of whichis curved, the curve formprovement in Attachments for. Printinging a 'owportion upon the platen. As the Presses, of which the following is aspecifigripper B comes into enga ement with the cation. platen this howportion will contact and the This invention relates to improvements inar be flattened out thus causin a certain grippers employed inconnection with giiplongitudinal moi ement along the platen ping barsand platens of printing presses t ie bar straightens hich will slip thepaper e object of the invention is to provide until its ed e comes intocontact with one a device of this kind which will hold the of the stoppins inserted for that purpose. papers with any width of margin, whichThe gripper also carries an arm F which exwill carry a creasing orperforating rule, tends at right angles to the gripper and at and whichwill alsoaid in properly adjustitsfree end carries a clamp formed of twoing the sheet when an exact register is necpieces of hard wood F lockedtogether by essary as in the case oftwo-colorwork. suitable set screwsand between which is he invention also consist-s of the novel clamped abrass ruler F which marks the features of construction, hereinafterfully creaser fold of the sheet. described, and pointed out in theclaims. It will be obvious that the gripper may be In the drawingsforming a part of this .used on either the right or left hand side ofspecification :-Figure l is a plan View of the gripper bar. Also thatthe finger D the device shown in position for use. Fig. placer bar E,and arm F are held between 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.Fig. the members of the gripper B, being clamped 3 is an enlarged planview of a gripper. in their adjusted position by the slidable Fig. 4 isan edge view, partly in section of hands C.

ig. 3. Having thus fully described our inven- In these drawings Arepresents the platen tion, what we claim as new and desire to of thepress andA the slotted gripper bar secure by Letters Patent is, o incommon use. he combination with a platen, of a Our device consists in agripper B, formed I gripper formed of two pieces of spring steel of twopieces of steel spring riveted together I secured to ether adjacent oneend, a grippei at one end, and the gripper is secured to the bar, afinger carried by the gripper, and gripper bar by a set-screw B, so thatthe spring bands slldable on the rlppei and gripper is adjustable alongthe gripper bar locking the finger between the pieces formin the usualmanner. The gripper B is proj ing the gripper. vided with two springsteel bands C which 2. A device of the kind described comprismay heslipped along the frame thereby ing a two-part gripper, a grippingfinger forcing the members of the gripper together carried by and atright angles to the gripand clamping any article inserted between per, acurved spring bar carried by and at them. The gripper also carries asuppleright angles to the gripper, an arm also carmental gripping fingerD which is formed ried by the gripper and arranged between 25 of wireand extends transversely to the gripthe gripping finger and the springbar, said per B This finger is adapted to lie between arm carryingcrease marking means and the lines of type and is employed to hold thespring bands sliding on the ripper and sheet in position upon the platenwhen a holding the parts carried by the gripper between the partsforming said 3. A device of the kind described comlockin said arts intheir adusted 308i- :9 l .l l

prising a gripper bar, a gripper formed of tion. two pieces of springsteel, said gripper be- CLAUDE TXKTER i11 adjustable alonp the gripperbar a fin- H T 5 ge r, a placer, and z: crease carrying device, HOLMESIARTER' said finger, placer and device being held Witnesses: looselybetween the parts forming the grip- EDWARD A. MARTIN,

per, and bands slidable on 'the gripper and 1 EDGAR ALLEN.

